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Breguet’s Marine Sets a New Course

A Visual Refresh Grounded in Naval Heritage

Breguet has never had to invent a maritime backstory for its Marine collection. In 1815, Abraham-Louis Breguet was appointed watchmaker to the French Royal Navy, and the marine chronometers he went on to make gave the modern line both its name and its purpose. For 2026, the house has returned to that heritage with refreshed versions of two core models, the Marine 5517 and the Marine Chronographe 5527. The most visible change is on the dial. Roman numerals give way to applied Breguet numerals, a move that makes the watches feel sportier without losing any of their refinement or tradition. Beneath them sits the "Quai de l'Horloge" guilloché, the pattern Breguet created for its 250th anniversary in 2025, named after the Paris quay where the founder kept his workshop. The date has also moved from 3 o'clock to 6, restoring symmetry to the collection that enthusiasts will appreciate. The different dials and styles to the new Breguet Marine ref. 5517; from left to right, white gold with an ice-blue dial, rose gold with black, and titanium with a gradient blue dial. The Marine 5517...

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Range Rover Sport Electric

Giving the V8 the Silent Treatment

For more than 20 years, the Range Rover Sport has been the extrovert of the family, the one more interested in the driver than the passenger, particularly when there happened to be a V8 under the bonnet. So, can electricity really deliver the same emotional appeal? Range Rover certainly thinks so. The new Range Rover […]

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Bentley Torcal: A New Kind of Power

Crewe Enters the Electric Age with Aplomb

When W.O. Bentley founded his company in 1919, he set out to build “a fast car, a good car, the best in its class.” More than a century later, Crewe’s first fully electric car, the Bentley Torcal, meets the founder’s requirements with ease. It is an auspicious debut for Bentley in the zero-emissions age. Just […]

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Independent Mechanical Engineering

Solving Horological Problems at Geneva Watch Days 2026

Each one of the watches released at Geneva Watch Days in this review exists because its maker identified a mechanical problem, or recognised a problem with someone else’s invention, and built a specific solution to it. MING 57.05 Comet The classic Louis Cottier worldtimers have always had one persistent flaw, daylight saving time (DST) does […]

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Reinventing The House Icon

Old Codes Inspire New Ideas at Geneva Watch Days 2026

Watchmaking has always had an unusually productive relationship with its past. In the early 1980s, at the height of the quartz crisis, Jean-Claude Biver and Jacques Piguet acquired Blancpain for just CHF22,000 and rebuilt it around the very thing much of the industry was abandoning: traditional mechanical watchmaking. By 1991, sales had reached CHF56 million. […]

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Affordable Luxury Punches Above Its Weight

Six Standout Releases from Geneva Watch Days 2026

Geneva Watch Days is not known for being kind to bank accounts but this year, a few watches sitting comfortably below the five-figure mark caught our eye. And they arrive at an interesting moment. While the wider luxury watch industry is under pressure, the more accessible end of the market seems to be holding its […]

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Breitling Navitimer Chronograph Tribute to Miles Davis

The Coolest Navitimer Returns

Breitling and Miles Davis share a little bit of history. The jazz legend actually wore a mid-1960s Navitimer ref. 806 Mk5, taking what was conceived as a pilot’s calculating instrument and making it part of his individual style. No wonder then that to celebrate his centenary, Breitling is issuing the Navitimer B09 Chronograph 41 Tribute […]

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Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Tribute to the Animal Kingdom

A Wild Showcase of Human Craftsmanship in Four Millimetres

Since its founding in 1755, Vacheron Constantin has treated fine crafts as a fundamental part of watchmaking. Its ateliers have long carried forward guillochage, engraving, enamelling and gem-setting as skills to be cherished and passed on to younger generations. That same commitment extends through partnerships with institutions like the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of […]

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NOMOS Neomatik Worldtimer – Handelsblatt Edition

Trading Time Across Global Markets

Nomos Glashütte making a watch with Handelsblatt shouldn’t be a surprise. When the German business newspaper published its first issue in 1946, one of its headings read Fortschritte der Technik, or “Advances in technology”. Eighty years later, that phrase could sit rather neatly beside Nomos’s Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer, a watch whose cleverness lies in […]

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Vertu Alphafold

A Butler in Your Pocket

Vertu has spent nearly three decades asking what luxury can add to a mobile phone once everybody carries essentially the same technology. The Alphafold seems to be the answer, and one that goes far beyond the precious materials and exclusivity. This is about service, artificial intelligence, saving time and, above all, status. The phone itself […]

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TAG Heuer’s Final Lap in Orange

A Solar-Powered Farewell to Zandvoort

With the Dutch Grand Prix preparing to take its final bow at Zandvoort later this month, TAG Heuer has chosen exactly the right place to turn up the colour. The new Formula 1 Solargraph 38 mm arrives in two limited editions dressed in the unmistakable orange of the Dutch crowd, a neat piece of timing […]

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The Sporting Life of Swiss Watches

Five Partnerships that Changed Timing, Branding and Competition

Every summer, sport takes over the calendar, Wimbledon fortnight, the Tour de France, Grand Prix show jumping, an international football tournament somewhere, along with a global diving and ocean conservation push, all landing in the same few months. Ticking away in the background of nearly every one of these events, usually on an athlete’s wrist […]